Comment on Scientists confirm that the first black hole ever imaged is actually spinning

• grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve always thought that they should have just named the properties something like P1, P2, etc. So there’s no connotation.

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  • Abnorc@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Spin is a form of angular momentum, so there is a reason for the name. It’d be a pain in the butt to learn if properties didn’t have catchy names too.

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• MaggiWuerze@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I thought “spinning” was meant rather literally in this case and not in some quantum sense

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  • anlumo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    For black holes, it does refer to actual spinning. Particles are the ones not really spinning.

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